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Bob Menendez Jr.: “Congress is the only entity that can designate wilderness, the only entity under the law.”

On the recordApril 22, 2009
Congress is the only entity that can designate wilderness, the only entity under the law.
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Bob Menendez Jr.
Democratic · New Jersey

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Emphasizing Congress's exclusive authority to designate wilderness areas.

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